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| One of the big black sea bass that I jigged up. |
I was just supposed to fish for a couple of hours along the oceanfront for albies today from the kayak. I did do that, but plans quickly changed and what turned out to be a couple of hours turned into 8 hours!
Man, how plans can change, and sometimes you just have to make adjustments. In the area I fished there were basically few or no albies around today. I saw one small pod of them crashing into huge schools of bait. I decided this was a waste of time and began jigging the bottom. The bottom was absolutely covered with black sea bass. I had one on just about every drop and jig of my Clarkspoon. While most of them were small, I did mange to get a couple of big ones.
I left the oceanfront and decided on a whim to hit the Bay on the way home in a place where I got
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| First blues of the year today and it was loaded! |
skunked earlier in the week. Today was a different story. Immediately after launching, I ran into a massive school of blitzing bluefish. It was like the good ole days with boiling water, huge numbers of fish in a frenzy and loads of birds hitting the water. Even when the blues weren't blitzing or showing they were scattered in a big area where I was fishing and hitting. Using a Rebel Jumpin' Minnow, I landed well over a dozen of them. They were generally 3 to 5 lbs. Mind you, these are the first blues I've landed THIS YEAR!
Mixed in with the bluefish were big stripers. Every once in a while I would see a big boil at my lure. I finally got one to take, and it was either a good size slot or one that was slightly over the slot. My son Jon was with me and he also got a decent striper.
So, the day did not go as planned, but I am happy with the results. There are fish around, but you have to really look to find them.
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| One good size striper was the icing on the cake! |
